From roberts at mail.fpg.unc.edu Mon May 7 13:21:33 2007 From: roberts at mail.fpg.unc.edu (Joanne Roberts) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:21:33 -0400 Subject: Language Research Position Message-ID: The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has openings for a language researcher at the Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, or Post-Doctorate level. The research project studies the language skills of children with fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and/or autism. We conduct speech and language assessments on boys and girls throughout the Southeast. Responsibilities of the job (depending on qualifications) include conducting, scoring, and coding assessments as well as preparing manuscripts and grants. Desire individuals with a background in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Psychology, Linguistics, or related field and some experience with children with disabilities. Some travel involved. Please email a resume to Anne Harris at harrisa at mail.fpg.unc.edu. For more information about the project visit: www.carolinacommunicationproject.org . EOE. -- -- Joanne E. Roberts, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences & Research Professor of Pediatrics Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute CB# 8180 UNC Chapel Hill 105 Smith Level Road Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Phone: 919/966-7164 Fax: 919/966-7532 From Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl Wed May 9 07:22:20 2007 From: Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl (Nanjo Bogdanowicz) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:22:20 +0200 Subject: job opening Post Doc MPI Psycholinguistics Message-ID: University or Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/ Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Information structure; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics Description: The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is offering a postdoctoral staff position in the field of (first and/or second) language acquisition. It is a research position and involves no teaching responsibilities. The position will be in the Language Acquisition group and has an initial term of appointment of 3 years with an extension possible for 2 additional years. We are looking for a scholar with a background in psychology or linguistics who is interested in undertaking research in the project “Information structure in language acquisition”. An interest in crosslinguistic research and the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team are expected. Research in the project focuses on first and second language acquisition from a crosslinguistic perspective. Project members investigate a variety of linguistic devices used to mark information structure distinctions in adult and child learners. Further information about the project is available at http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/. Junior scientists with a completed Ph.D. in a relevant field are encouraged to apply. Applications should include a c.v., a cover letter describing research interests, samples of scholarly work, and the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters of recommendation. Address for Applications: Nanjo Bogdanowicz PO Box 310 Nijmegen 6500 AH The Netherlands Application Deadline: 15-June-2007 Contact Information: Nanjo Bogdanowicz Email: Nanjo-dot-Bogdanowicz-at-mpi-dot-nl Phone: +31-24-3521454 Fax: +31-24-3521213 -- Nanjo Bogdanowicz Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics P.O.Box 310 Phone+31 (0)24 3521454 6500 AH Nijmegen Fax +31 (0)24 3521213 nanjo.bogdanowicz at mpi.nl From Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl Wed May 9 07:26:31 2007 From: Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl (Nanjo Bogdanowicz) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:26:31 +0200 Subject: job opening Post Doc/Visiting position MPI Psycholinguistics Message-ID: University or Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl/research/groups/LanguageAcquisition Job Rank: Post Doc/Visiting position Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Language & Cognition; Psycholinguistics Description: The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is offering a short-term visiting position to undertake research on language acquisition and/or language and cognition. The position involves no teaching responsibilities. The position will be in the Language Acquisition group and has an initial term of 1 year with a possible extension to 2 years. We are looking for a scholar with a background in psychology or linguistics who is interested in undertaking research on (a) information structure in language acquisition (L1 or L2) and/or (b) categories and concepts in language and cognition. An interest in crosslinguistic research and the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team are expected. Further information about the projects investigating these research areas is available at: http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/ and http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/CATS. Junior scientists with a completed Ph.D. in a relevant field wishing to obtain postdoctoral experience as well as senior scholars looking for a visiting position (e.g. on sabbatical leave) are encouraged to apply. Applications should include a c.v., a cover letter describing research interests, samples of scholarly work, and the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters of recommendation. Address for Applications: Nanjo Bogdanowicz PO Box 310 Nijmegen 6500 AH The Netherlands Application Deadline: 15-June-2007 Contact Information: Nanjo Bogdanowicz Email: Nanjo-dot-Bogdanowicz-at-mpi-dot-nl Phone: +31-24-3521454 Fax: +31-24-3521213 -- Nanjo Bogdanowicz Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics P.O.Box 310 Phone+31 (0)24 3521454 6500 AH Nijmegen Fax +31 (0)24 3521213 nanjo.bogdanowicz at mpi.nl From papafragou at psych.udel.edu Thu May 10 15:27:55 2007 From: papafragou at psych.udel.edu (Anna Papafragou) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:27:55 -0400 Subject: Research Coordinator position at UD Message-ID: Full-Time Research Coordinator Position Language and Cognition Laboratory University of Delaware The Language and Cognition Laboratory (Department of Psychology) at the University of Delaware has an opening for a full-time Research Coordinator position for the academic year 2007-8. Under the supervision of Dr. Anna Papafragou, the lab investigates how young children acquire language and how language is involved in early conceptual development. The Research Coordinator will participate in all aspects of lab research: planning and executing experimental studies with children (ages 3-8) and adults, coding data, library research, etc. He or she will also work closely with graduate and undergraduate students in the lab. Lab activities involve frequent contact with children and their families, so maturity and willingness to work with young children are important. A BA in a related discipline (Linguistics, Psychology, Cognitive Science) is a prerequisite. Desirable background skills include computer/statistical skills, and some previous research experience. Applicants are encouraged to view Dr. Papafragou's webpage for more details about lab activities: http://papafragou. psych.udel.edu. To apply, send a CV (including relevant courses, any previous work with children, computer and research skills, GPA/transcript, and name and phone number/email of three references) to Anna Papafragou, Dept of Psychology, 109 Wolf Hall, Newark DE 19716, or electronically to papafragou at psych.udel.edu. Please also arrange for three letters of recommendation to arrive separately. Applications need to be received by June 10th for full consideration. Applications received after this date will only be considered if the position remains unfilled. ********************** Assistant Professor Department of Psychology University of Delaware http://papafragou.psych.udel.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaana.ravattinen at joensuu.fi Fri May 11 06:35:59 2007 From: jaana.ravattinen at joensuu.fi (Jaana Ravattinen) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:35:59 +0300 Subject: Call for Papers: 1st Nordic Conf. Clinical Linguistics Message-ID: Please distribute the call below locally and globally. **************************************************** First Call for Papers The First Nordic Conference of Clinical Linguistics Time: February 9 and 10, 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) Venue: University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland The meeting may be seen as a re-birth of the series of meetings that was arranged in Finland during the 1980s and 1990s. These events were called Finnish Conferences of Neurolinguistics, but, in effect, they were Nordic/Scandinavian in their scope, if not wider. The conference is aimed to be a theoretically and linguistically oriented meeting dealing with language pathology and/or language in clinical populations, e.g., acquired and childhood aphasia, specific/familial language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer’s dementia. The conference will include plenary presentations by internationally distinguished scholars as well as 30-minute section papers and posters. We also welcome closed workshops and open-to-all special sessions to be held in conjunction with the conference. A general abstract submission deadline of December 3, 2007 is valid for: – abstracts (1 page) for section papers and posters, – abstracts for workshop/special session proposals (1-page abstract for the description of the workshop/special session, plus 1-page abstract for each contribution within the workshop/special session). Submission mode: By mid-May 2007 the conference web page will carry a link to a web form that is to be used in abstract submission. Notification of acceptance: December 10, 2007. The proceedings will be published as a volume/volumes in Studies in Languages, University of Joensuu, following a peer-review of each submission (see http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/studiesinlanguages.shtml for the list of the 40 titles published in this series). Further information (a) will be posted on the web site at: http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/NorConfClinLing2008/ (b) or you may write to us at: NorClinLing2008 at joensuu.fi For paper mail address and fax, see the end of this call. In due time, the conference web page will contain, e.g., information on conference fee, travel, accommodation and other practical matters as well as the program. Welcome to Joensuu! On Behalf of the Organizing Committee Jussi Niemi Stefan Werner Jaana Ravattinen Chair Co-chair Secretary Fax: +358-13-251 4211 (Department) E-mail: NorClinLing2008 at joensuu.fi http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/NorConfClinLing2008/ http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics University site: http://www.joensuu.fi/englishindex.html City of Joensuu site: http://www.jns.fi/ P.S. The Clinical Linguistics conference will partially overlap with the Annual National (read: "Finnish”) Winter Meeting on Autism arranged at Joensuu by the Finnish Association for Autism and Asperger's Syndrom (see: http://www.autismiliitto.fi/) on February 8 and 9, 2008. From boehning at ling.uni-potsdam.de Mon May 14 08:35:36 2007 From: boehning at ling.uni-potsdam.de (Marita =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6hning?=) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:35:36 +0200 Subject: communication behavior towards children/people with language deficits Message-ID: Dear colleagues, a colleague of mine is looking for articles that deal with communication bahavior and language use when parents, care-givers, therapists etc. are communicating with people / children that have communication / language deficits. I know there are studies on parents who were communicating differently with their children with Down Syndrome in comparison to their children without Down syndrome, including encouraging the latter more to use language. However, my colleague is looking for more results on such behavior (other populations). I am sure there is a lot being done by some of you. We would be very grateful for any article suggestions on this topic. Thank you!!! Kind regards, Marita Boehning & Ulrike Frank (University of Potsdam, Germany) From kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk Mon May 14 10:39:26 2007 From: kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk (Kirsten Abbot-Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:39:26 +0100 Subject: Lectureship at University of Plymouth In-Reply-To: <52A8091888A23F47A013223014B6E9FE0D99D9E3@03-CSEXCH.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: Can you please forward this to anyone who might be interested in this position (especially people with interests in development and/ or psycholinguistics)? Cheers, Kirsten P.S. See also http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/ -----Original Message----- From: postmaster at psy.plymouth.ac.uk [mailto:postmaster at psy.plymouth.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Perfect Sent: 14 May 2007 11:17 To: staff at psy.plymouth.ac.uk Subject: lectureship post Hi all, As you probably know, Kevin Brooks is leaving us this November to return to Sydney. We have had approval from Chancellory to fill this vacancy (at lecturer level) by October, in time for the RAE. The person would have to be contracted to us on 31st October. This means that time is VERY tight. We plan to advertise on the web (www.jobs.ac.uk ), with a closing date of 25th June, and an interview date of July 16th / 17th. Because of the RAE pressures, it is less likely that we will recruit from a UK university (who will be trying to retain their research active staff). Consequently, we may have more success from overseas applicants. But, contacting them is the tricky part. This is where YOU come in, and where we can benefit from our international staffing. If EVERYONE were able to get 1 candidate to apply, then we would be able to short-list a strong field of applicants, I am sure. Feel free to email people, informing them that we have a current vacancy. Don't make any promises we can't keep, but otherwise, get contacting good people. We are willing to consider recruitment in ANY area of psychology. Currently, I am waiting for the final version of the advert from Personnel, with job reference numbers etc. Once I get that I will circulate it for you to forward to individuals, or mail-lists. In the meantime, get your thinking caps on. Tim ____________________ Professor Tim Perfect Head of School, School of Psychology University of Plymouth Plymouth PL4 8 AA www.plymouth.ac.uk/psychology www.plymouth.ac.uk/psyresearch tel: +44 (0)1752 233157 fax:+44 (0) 1752 233362 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk Tue May 15 09:38:44 2007 From: kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk (Kirsten Abbot-Smith) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:38:44 +0100 Subject: Lectureship at the University of Plymouth In-Reply-To: <52A8091888A23F47A013223014B6E9FE0D99D9E2@03-CSEXCH.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: I tried to CC this message to infochildes yesterday. It appears not to have gone through, but my apologies if you have already received it. There will soon be an opening for a permanent Lectureship in the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK. Researchers from any area of Psychology are welcome to apply but obviously certain members of the Language and Cognitive Development group (including myself) have a vested interest in attracting a researcher in language development. We have recently refurbished the child development lab and have set up a volunteer database of parents of children aged 0-6 years (see http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/). This 'babylab' includes head turn preference, infant ERP and ePrime facilities and we hope to set up a preferential-looking lab soon. We have good technical support from five technicians, who are experienced in working with audio-visual editing and programming psycholinguistic experiments. The department has also recently been given a large amount of money to renovate and refurbish all the labs. This should take place over the next year. The School of Psychology was rated as 5 in the last research evaluation (RAE 2001), putting us amongst the best in the UK. It is a very international department; at least half the academic staff are originally from outside the UK (e.g. USA, Canada, Germany, France, Israel, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand etc.) and international applicants are encouraged to apply. We plan to advertise on the web (www.jobs.ac.uk ), with a closing date of 25th June, and an interview date of July 16th / 17th. However, the person would have to be contracted to us on 31st October, so I would encourage those interested to mail me a CV (including publications, presentations and grants), which I can bring to the attention of the Head of Department. 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The earliest files begin after birth and the children are each followed at monthly or bimonthly intervals until age 7. So, in terms of the period of coverage, these files may represent the longest time period of recordings from single children. The files currently in CHILDES are from three children, but the complete database includes recordings from 21 children. Rosemarie Rigol continues to transcribe the remaining data and all of the video media are now being contributed to CHILDES for archival purposes. The total corpus includes 1900 30-minute recordings. Of the 21 children, 19 come from a rural community in Hessen and to from Osnabrück. I would like to express my appreciation to Rosemarie Rigol for the enormous contribution she is making here to the study of the development of German child language and to Heike Behrens and the MPI Leipzig for bringing the data into such a wonderful shape for addition to the database. I look forward to seeing many interesting new analyses of this new corpus. --Brian MacWhinney From jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se Wed May 16 11:57:11 2007 From: jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se (Jordan Zlatev) Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:57:11 +0200 Subject: Final call for papers: SALC Message-ID: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS   Includes one new theme session!   The First Conference of the Swedish Association for Language and Cognition (SALC) Lund, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2007 http://www.salc-sssk.org/conference   We invite the submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentations for the The First Conference of the Swedish Association for Language and Cognition (SALC)/Svenska Sällskapet för Språk och Kognition (SSSK) to be held at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University between Nov 29 and Dec 1, 2007. Presentations should involve research in which language is not treated in isolation (e.g. as a "module"), but both as based on structures and processes of general cognition (e.g. perception, memory and reasoning) and social cognition (e.g. joint attention and imitation), and as affecting such structures and processes. The conference, as SALC in general, is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas between disciplines, fields of study and theoretical frameworks. Topics include, but are not limited to:   * semantic analysis and cognition * discourse analysis and cognition * grammar and cognition * pragmatics and cognition * semiotics and cognition * linguistic typology and cognition * language and cognitive development * language and cognitive evolution * language change and cognition * language and gesture * language, emotion and consciousness * linguistic relativity and linguistic mediation   Plenary speakers * Susan Goldin-Meadow, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago * Esa Itkonen, Department of Linguistics, University of Turku * Chris Sinha, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth * Östen Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Peter Gärdenfors, Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University   Theme sessions ”Space in language and cognition” (Conveners: Carita Paradis, Marlene Johansson Falck, Carita Lundmark and Ulf Magnusson) The link between spatial concepts and construals in linguistic expressions and in thought is a rapidly growing field of inquiry which cuts across disciplines such as linguistics, cognitive psychology, anthropology, computer science and philosophy. Oxford University Press will be publishing papers from the session in an edited volume of strictly peer-reviewed papers that capture cutting-edge scholarship in this area.   ”Language and gesture” (Conveners: Jordan Zlatev and Cornelia Mueller) While there is a consensus on the close relationship between language and gesture, there is an ongoing debate on the exact relationship between the two: do they constitute a "unified system" (e.g. McNeil) or two closely integrated but distinct semiotic resources (e.g. Donald), supported by distinct cognitive mechanisms (e.g. Kita and Özyürek)? We plan a publication of papers addressing this issue from different perspectives: semiotics, interaction studies, development, evolution and neuroscience.   ”The dynamics of symbolic matter” (Conveners: Stephen Cowley and Paul Thibault) Language simultaneously links brains, bodies and material artefacts. Since the resulting dynamics prompt human activity, we - and language – are produced, structured, and function across many time scales. On this distributed perspective, human sense-making is traced, above all, to skills in integrating real-time events with verbal patterns (and other second-order cultural artefacts). Accordingly, we aim to consider how the resulting cognitive dynamics function in (some of the) time-scales relevant to brains, bodies, the experiential present, human relationships, development, history and co-evolution. Finally, we will apply the perspective to robotic and other cognitive models. The outcome will be a peer-reviewed special issue of a Journal that examines the dynamics of what we deem 'symbolic'.     One page abstracts (at most 500 words) should be sent as an attachment (MS Word preferred) to Marlene Johansson Falck, at marlene at magicspelling.com by June 1st 2007. Abstracts will then be reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee, and notification of acceptance will be sent by August 1st. Please indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred, and if a poster presentation is acceptable if the space of the program does not allow for an oral presentation. If you wish your contribution to be considered for one of the theme sessions, please indicate this. The conference will be held in English.   Registration fees, including conference participation, book of abstracts, and coffee/snacks: * Faculty: 50 euro/450 SEK (40 euro/360 SEK for SALC members) * Students: 40 euro/360 SEK (30 euro/270 SEK for SALC members) On-line registration facilities will be announced soon.   Important Dates * Feb 23: First Call for Papers * June 1: Deadline for abstract submission * August 15: Notification of acceptance * October 1: Programme announced * Nov 29 (afternoon) - Dec 1 (whole day): Conference   Scientific Committee * Jóhanna Barddal, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen * Ingar Brinck, Department of Philosophy, Lund University * Alan Cienki Department of Language and Communication, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam * Östen Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Caroline David, Département d'études anglophones, Université Paul-Valéry, Montpellier III * Per Durst-Andersen, Centre for Language, Cognition and Mentality, Copenhagen Business School * Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen * Adam Glaz, Department of English UMCS, Lublin * Peter Gärdenfors, Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University * Peter Harder, Department of English, University of Copenhagen * Merle Horne, Department of Linguistics, Lund University * Anders Hougaard, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark * Daniel Hutto, Philosophy, University of Hetyfordshire * Esa Itkonen, Department of Linguistics, University of Turku * Christer Johansson, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen * Henryk Kardela, Department of English, Universytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej * Suzanne Kemmer, Department of Linguistics, Rice University * Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Maarten Lemmens, English Linguistics, Universitè de Lille3 * Cornelia Mueller, Department for Cultural Studies, Europa-Universität Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) * Chris Sinha, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth * Victor Smith, Copenhagen Business School * Göran Sonesson, Department of Semiotics, Lund University * Paul Thibault, Linguistics and Media Communication, Agder University Organizing Committee * Jordan Zlatev, Lund University and Umeå University * Mats Andrén, Lund University * Marlene Johansson Falck, Stockholm University * Carita Lundmark, Mid Sweden University * Ulf Magnusson, Luleå University of Technology * Carita Paradis, Växjö University *************************************************** Jordan Zlatev, Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Center for Languages and Literature Lund University Box 201 221 00 Lund, Sweden email: jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se http://www.ling.lu.se/persons/JordanZlatev.html *************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Can it be considered an AAE feature? 2) sawt/saw She's adding a regular -ed ending to the irregular past tense form (maybe for the same reason above, that is, overgeneralization based on emphasis of including -ed which can be optional in AAE), but is the voiceless consonant also an example of devoicing final consonant? 3) mans, with /s/ final This is the same type of grammatical/phonological convergence and it seems more clear-cut that I would code this is devoicing of final consonant. Any alternative ways of codings this? Thanks for your help. Pam Norton, ABD Jt. Program in Special Education U.C. Berkeley and San Francisco State University -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From P.Hendriks at rug.nl Sun May 20 13:09:48 2007 From: P.Hendriks at rug.nl (P.Hendriks) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:09:48 +0200 Subject: 1 postdoc position & 2 PhD positions Message-ID: The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, has 1 opening for a postdoc researcher and 2 openings for PhD students. All three positions are part of the VICI project "Asymmetries in Grammar", funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The VICI project investigates asymmetries in language acquisition between correct production and correct comprehension. The project is multidisciplinary in nature, combining theoretical analysis with empirical research in language acquisition, sentence processing and language pathology. 1. Postdoc position in Language Acquisition (vacancy 207095) Application Deadline: 01-Jun-2007 Description: This postdoc project investigates the production and comprehension of anaphoric subjects in normally developing children. The postdoc will study the relation between the form of the referring expression and the topic structure of the discourse context. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A PhD in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Research experience including relevant publications in the area of language acquisition. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Strong supervision skills. - Knowledge of Dutch. Conditions of Employment: Employment basis: Temporary for specified period. Duration of the contract: Three years, starting as soon as possible. Maximum hours per week: 38 The University of Groningen offers a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience up to a maximum of EUR 3597,- gross per month for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent by mail to the address listed below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A list of publications - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207095) on the envelope and in your letter University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl 2. PhD Position in Language Acquisition (vacancy 207096) Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2007 Description: This PhD project investigates the production and comprehension of word order in Dutch pre-school children. The PhD student will study the order of subject and object in early sentences, and the effects of semantic factors such as animacy on word order. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A MA degree in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Excellent record of undergraduate and MA level study. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Knowledge of Dutch or the willingness to learn it. Conditions of employment: Duration of the contract: Four years, starting as soon as possible. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hours/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidate's results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The University of Groningen offers a salary of EUR 1956,- gross per month in the first year to EUR 2502 gross per month in the fourth year for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent to the address below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A copy of your diplomas together with a list of grades - A list of publications (if applicable) - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207096) on the envelope and in your letter Address for Applicants: University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl Contact Information: Dr. Petra Hendriks, Project Supervisor Email: p.hendriks at rug.nl Phone: +31 50 3635863 3. PhD Position in Language Acquisition in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (vacancy 207097) Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2007 Description: This PhD project investigates language production and comprehension in children and adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and will be co-supervised by Dr. Catharina Hartman and Prof. Dr. Ruud Minderaa of Accare, a psychiatric institution for children and adolescents in Groningen. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A MA degree in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Excellent record of undergraduate and MA level study. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Knowledge of Dutch. Conditions of employment: Duration of the contract: Four years, starting as soon as possible. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hours/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidate's results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The University of Groningen offers a salary of EUR 1956,- gross per month in the first year to EUR 2502 gross per month in the fourth year for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent to the address below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A copy of your diplomas together with a list of grades - A list of publications (if applicable) - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207097) on the envelope and in your letter Address for Applicants: University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl Contact Information: Dr. Petra Hendriks, Project Supervisor Email: p.hendriks at rug.nl Phone: +31 50 3635863 The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. It embraces all the linguistic research in the faculty. A considerable number of the researchers participate in the Graduate School forBehavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), and in the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT). Within the CLCG there are six research groups: Syntax/Semantics, Discourse and Communication, Language Variation and Change, Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language and Literacy Development over the Life Span. Web Address: http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/index From khirshpa at temple.edu Sun May 20 13:19:23 2007 From: khirshpa at temple.edu (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 09:19:23 -0400 Subject: research job at Temple University Message-ID: We need your and best and brightest. Please pass this along to any wonderful students looking for a research job! Thanks. Kathy Research Assistant at the Temple University Infant Laboratory: How do babies learn their first language? The Temple University Infant Laboratory at Ambler is looking for an inquisitive research assistant who enjoys babies and young children and who wants experience in cutting-edge research on how babies process their world to learn language. Responsibilities include conducting experiments, distributing language assessment questionnaires to participating families; coding and entering study data, and conducting preliminary data analyses; performing literature reviews; and writing preliminary drafts of grant reports, conference abstracts, and manuscripts. In addition, the RA is responsible for scheduling child participants; assisting with mass mailings; and supervising undergraduate assistants. Looking for someone who has a b achelor's degree in Psychology (preferably child development focus), Linguistics or related field and some experience working with children between the ages of 7 months to six years in a research/clinical setting and who is willing to spend at least two years on NIH and NSF funded research. A perfect job for those thinking of going on to graduate school in psychology or applied linguistics. Ambler is just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Please send resume to: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek c/o Wendy Shallcross at wendy.shallcross at gmail.com (267-468-8610) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk Tue May 22 10:38:52 2007 From: gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk (Gina Conti-Ramsden) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:38:52 +0100 Subject: Three year post doc Manchester, UK Message-ID: Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered) Dear Colleagues, Please note and circulate the information for this three year postdoctoral research associate position in Manchester for someone with a strong quantitative data analysis and statistical background.  We welcome applications from postdoctoral candidates from the UK and Internationally. Many thanks, Gina Conti-Ramsden The University of Manchester Quote ref:  MHS/117/07 Internal ref:  LR/JE THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER PARTICULARS OF APPOINTMENT FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES Human Communication and Deafness and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Ref:MHS/117/07) 1 The University invites applications for the above post which is tenable for a period of 36 months in the first instance. 2 Applications are invited from a highly motivated postdoctoral individual with a demonstrated interest and excellent skills on data analysis to work on a programme of studies involving children with specific language impairment (SLI) and other developmental disorders including autism.  Applicants must have a strong quantitative background with a statistics, psychology or related discipline degree.            The postholder will be involved in data analysis of large longitudinal and cross-sectional databases,            including complex surveys. Expertise on STATA and SPSS is required. The postholder will have the            opportunity to train on advanced statistical methods relevant to particular studies and to become            familiar with developmental psychopathology, in particular SLI and Autism. The postholder will also            be involved in writing up of results, preparation of manuscript for publication and other research-            related and dissemination activities. 3 Salary will be within the range £25,889 - £28,289 per annum according to relevant experience and qualifications.  4 Informal inquiries may be made to Professor Gina Conti-Ramsden (Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3514, Secretary, Jacqueline O' Brien Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3366; Email: gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk) and Professor Andrew Pickles (tel. +44 (0) 161 275 5204, email andrew.pickles at manchester.ac.uk ) 5 Applications should be returned by midday July 6th, 2007 to Jacqueline O' Brien Human Communication and Deafness School of Psychological Sciences The University of Manchester Humanities Devas Street Building Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Email: Jackie.o' brien at manchester.ac.uk 6 Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18 July 2007. Starting date 1 October 2007 7 If you have not been contacted by the interview date you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful.  We would, however, like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in The University of Manchester. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES Human Communication and Deafness and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (REF:MHS/117/07) FURTHER PARTICULARS Job Title:                                Post Doctoral Research Associate Contract Status:                    Fixed-term contract for a period of 36 months Hours of Work:                      Full time (37 hours per week) Salary:                                    £25,889 - £28,290 per annum Location:                                Human Communication and Deafness, School of Psychological Sciences, and School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester                                                   Responsible to:                    Programme Management Team; day-to-day will report to Professors Gina Conti-Ramsden and Andrew Pickles             The University of Manchester: On 1 October 2004, a new chartered university came into being in Manchester.  Bringing together two long-established institutions, UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester, the new University of Manchester has a unified structure and the size and resources to compete on a global scale.  It has an annual turnover of nearly £500 million, a staff of over 9,000 and a student population of some 30,000, of whom a quarter will be postgraduates. World-class teaching and research is undertaken with the aim of equalling the handful of leading UK universities which are truly globally competitive, which are at the forefront of invention and the generation of ' intellectual capital' , and which have the capacity to address some of the most important problems that afflict individuals and communities. The President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert (formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne), took up his post in February 2004. Although UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester have distinct origins, the two institutions have a long history of co-operation with one another.  They began working together almost 100 years ago, and for many years students from UMIST were awarded Victoria University of Manchester degrees. The universities are contiguous and their proximity has enabled them to develop a number of joint services, academic programmes and departments.  Students from both universities have benefited from shared services for counselling, careers and residential accommodation, while Manchester Materials Science Centre and the Federal School of Business & Management are examples of longstanding academic collaboration. The new institution has a spread of academic disciplines that is unsurpassed in the UK, covering 50 separate research units (as assessed by the Higher Education Funding Councils in the UK).  Its learning resources are unrivalled, with the largest non-legal-deposit academic library in the country, more electronic periodicals, databases and reference works than any other library in the UK, and one of the most significant rare book and manuscript collections in the world, housed in the magnificent John Rylands Library, Deansgate. Other exceptional facilities include the Jodrell Bank Observatory, The Manchester Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Learning, teaching and research is further supported by the premier university computer service in Europe. The starting point for the new university is that excellence in research and excellence in teaching are two sides of the same coin.  The University of Manchester strives to produce research of international standing and is in an especially strong position to attract research funding. It aims to increase its share of that funding, to work closely with business, industry and the professions, and to bring intellectual, social and economic benefits to the city of Manchester and to the north west of England as a whole. The strength and breadth of the research base will lead to an increased range and flexibility of degree provision and will make it possible to enhance learning and teaching facilities and support services for students. Job Outline:   Applications are invited from a highly motivated postdoctoral individual with a demonstrated interest and excellent skills on data analysis to work on a programme of studies involving children with specific language impairment (SLI) and other developmental disorders including autism.  Applicants must have a strong quantitative background with a statistics, psychology or related discipline degree.  The postholder will be involved in data analysis of large longitudinal and cross-sectional databases, including complex surveys. Expertise on STATA and SPSS is required. The postholder will have opportunity to train on advanced statistical methods relevant to particular studies and to become familiar with developmental psychopathology, in particular SLI and Autism. The postholder will also be involved in writing up of results, preparation of manuscript for publication and other research-related and dissemination activities. Programme of Studies outline Recent work has suggested that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have an increased risk of autism.  The magnitude of this risk is considerable, about 10 times what would be expected from the general population.  In addition, within SLI there is a subgroup of children (a quarter of individuals) who have some features of the broader autism spectrum disorders (ASD) phenotype without having a full-blown profile of ASD. At present, the natural history of SLI is still poorly described, especially in terms of the distinctive developmental and social elements associated with SLI specifically.  Generally, investigations have not taken into account different SLI subtypes and thus have failed to distinguish potential contributions to mean differences in children in the SLI sample who may have had in addition some of the features of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A programme of inter-related research projects will be carried out.  Compared to the main bulk of the literature, the proposed projects have the distinctiveness of going from an interest in SLI and examining the potential contribution of ASD comorbidity.  For all projects the number of participants with SLI will be 100 or more (242 at 7 years, 234 at 8 years, 200 at 11 years, 113 at 14 years, 139 at 16 and 17 years).  In addition, data from 124 typically developing comparison young people who were stratified according to household income to be representative of the population of England as a whole (based on the 2001-2002 Household Survey Census data) is available at 16 and 17 years. The SLI sample is large and heterogeneous and is representative of children attending language units in the UK in 1995.  The study has used a wide ranging test battery at each assessment point including between 6-12 tests of differing psycholinguistic skills at each stage, family history data, diagnostic interview and video data, self, teacher and parent interview and opinion data, educational tests and achievement and varied measures of social-emotional functioning.  This complex database is rich in information and has over 5,000 variables to date.  A number of comparative databases will also be used involving children with special needs and children with autism.  Together the series of studies to be carried out have a common focus on developmental psychopathology and language in particular. Main Duties and Responsibilities: · To plan and carry out in-depth data analysis involving large, complex databases and use of sophisticated methodology. · To carry out literature surveys on topics related to developmental psychopathology. · To contribute to the writing of the project for publication in refereed Journals and for national and international dissemination. · To contribute to the organization and delivery of a specialized conference as well as workshops, seminars. · Any other duties appropriate to the grade and role of the post holder. This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment. Person Specifications: Essential Desirable Qualifications/ Education Minimum: A Ph.D. in relevant field Experience on the areas of language and/or developmental psychopathology Skills/Training Excellent data analysis skills Excellent general research skills Excellent writing skills Expertise on at least one general data analysis software package (e.g. STATA) In-depth, advanced knowledge of quantitative research methodology; skills in the use of large databases and in  complex analysis approaches (e.g. dealing with missing data, adjusting for non-independent observations)   Experience Demonstrated experience on data analysis Experience with longitudinal data and complex surveys Experience of writing up for publication and dissemination Personal Attributes Ability to work independently, show initiative and scientific curiosity Ability to organise their own time and work to tight deadlines Effective organisational skills Good communication skills  Experience working with Senior staff  Ability to work at a very high standard Other requirements  None of note This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment. gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk School of Psychological Sciences Human Communication and Deafness The University of Manchester Humanities Devas Street Building Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Tel. 0161-275-3514 Tel. 0161-275-3965 Secretary, Jackie O'Brien, Tel.0161-275-3366/3932 htpp://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From imoreno at uma.es Tue May 22 13:17:25 2007 From: imoreno at uma.es (imoreno at uma.es) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:17:25 +0200 Subject: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary Message-ID: Can anyone help me with this? I need to know frequencies of words produced in spontaneous conversation by toddlers. I'm intereseted only in children who have not reached a 2-words period, both in typical and atypical populations. Any data available/published? Thanks Ignacio Moreno-Torres Universidad de Málaga From miquel.serra at ub.edu Tue May 22 15:18:25 2007 From: miquel.serra at ub.edu (Miquel Serra) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:18:25 +0200 Subject: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary In-Reply-To: <3313.150.214.48.153.1179839845.squirrel@gw.uma.es> Message-ID: Dear Ignacio In my book La adquisicion del lenguaje (Barcelona Ariel, Planeta, 2000) you have an Appendix with the first words of 10 children, grouped in periods of six months up to 2,6 years, with their frequency. You also have de transcripts (catalan and spanish) in de Data Base. You may be interested in the information given by the CDI Miquel Serra -----Mensaje original----- De: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes at mail.talkbank.org] En nombre de imoreno at uma.es Enviado el: dimarts, 22 / maig / 2007 15:17 Para: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org Asunto: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary Can anyone help me with this? I need to know frequencies of words produced in spontaneous conversation by toddlers. I'm intereseted only in children who have not reached a 2-words period, both in typical and atypical populations. Any data available/published? Thanks Ignacio Moreno-Torres Universidad de Málaga From kdekorsak at ucdavis.edu Wed May 23 21:04:56 2007 From: kdekorsak at ucdavis.edu (Kristina de Korsak) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:56 -0700 Subject: French Frog data Message-ID: Hello all, I am currently analyzing my dissertation data on French-English bilingual children. I was wondering if anyone had any idea if there are any Frog story data available for French anywhere. I also would be interested in any French-English bilingual data for children aged 3-6;09 (I am already working on Genesee's files). Would any of you happen to know of any resources/references for either of these? I am particularly interested in overgeneralizations and developmental paths. Best wishes, Kristina de Korsak PhD Candidate in Linguistics and SLAD UC Davis From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Thu May 24 13:14:58 2007 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:14:58 -0400 Subject: Prism of Grammar---Tom Roeper Message-ID: Dear Everyone, My book has just been published: The Prism of Grammar: How Child Language Illuminates Humanism MIT Press May 2007 [Amazon is cheaper] The book is intended for the broad acquisition community, professionals and amateurs, teachers and parents. It has around 60 explorations one can directly pursue with children---many could become real experiments and I would be happy to give more background to anyone interested. They cover topics in recursion, reference, ellipsis, and plurals. The book also addresses several issues in communication disorders, education, African American English, theory of mind, philosophy and ethics in psychology. I would be happy to hear any reactions. What follows is the advertising summary and endorsements from Pinker, Chomsky, Hauser, and Neil Smith. Tom Roeper Endorsements "For three decades, Tom Roeper has been one of the most acute observers of semantic and grammatical subtleties in children’s speech, and one of the most creative thinkers on how to connect linguistic theory with language acquisition research. It is nice to have his insights collected into a book, which will be a source of ideas for years to come." --Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct, Words and Rules, and The Stuff of Thought "This engaging, perceptive, and wide-ranging study investigates individual languages in terms of the challenges they pose for the child as well as their often surprising relations to other languages and to the general principles that constitute the genetically-determined language faculty. It goes on to unravel prejudices and misunderstandings, and to offer a more general conception of how the mind functions and of our place in a community of mutual respect and understanding. Lucid and engaging, The Prism of Grammar leads the reader from striking observations and experiments with children that anyone can carry out to subtle and intricate issues that concern every parent--in fact, anyone seeking to understand who we are and what we should be." --Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT "For three decades, Tom Roeper has been one of the most acute observers of semantic and grammatical subtleties in children’s speech, and one of the most creative thinkers on how to connect linguistic theory with language acquisition research. It is nice to have his insights collected into a book, which will be a source of ideas for years to come." --Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct, Words and Rules, and The Stuff of Thought "It has been said that as children we wrestle with the deepest mysteries of our time--the mind-body problem, the existence of God--but that adulthood's common emphasis on conformity purges this intellectual curiosity. In Tom Roeper's able hands we are treated to a journey back to this period of intense curiosity and mental growth--one characterized by an exuberance of questions and comments, each reflecting intricate computations of the mind. But Roeper goes further and, with great courage and insight, attempts to show how the study of child language illuminates a much broader range of topics, from our capacity for free will to our often unconscious prejudices." --Marc D. Hauser, Harvard College Professor, author of Moral Minds "Tom Roeper has an unmatched flair for identifying simple examples and spelling out both their amazing complexity and the richness of their theoretical implications. In this intriguing, ingenious, idiosyncratic and inspirational book he illustrates the enormity of the child's task in learning the simplest facts, from the meaning of 'it' to the contrast between 'painting a grey house' and 'painting a house grey'. He uses these and a wide variety of other examples to suggest practical activities for parents and researchers to indulge in with children. Most importantly, he emphasizes the educational and ethical consequences of taking child language seriously. This book will influence people's thinking not only on language acquisition but on human dignity and the nature of mind." --Neil Smith, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University College London MIT Brochure: Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of information to different domains of mind--memory, vision, emotions, intentions. In THE PRISM OF GRAMMAR, TOM ROEPER brings the abstract principles behind modern grammar to life by exploring the astonishing intricacies of childlanguage. Adult expressions provide endless puzzles for the child to solve; The individual child’s solutions ("Don't uncomfortable the cat" is one example) may amuse adults but they also reveal the complexity of [adult] language and the challenges of mastering it. The tiniest utterances, says Roeper, reflect the whole mind and engage the child's free will and sense of dignity. He provides numerous novel "explorations"—many at the edge of current work—that anyone can try, even in conversation around the dinner table. THEY elciit how the child confronts “recursion”—the heartbeat of grammar---through endless possessives (John’s mother’s friend’s…car), mysterious plurals (mom and dad are “husbands and wives” contradictory adjectives (BIG little squares), the marvels of ellipsis (would if I could), and the deep obscurity of reference (there it is, right here). They are not tests of skill; they are tools for discovery and delight, not diagnosis. Hints of German, Italian, and Chinese show up inside English. Each chapter on acquisition begins with a commonsense look at how structures work--moving from the simple to the complex--and then turns to the literary and human dimensions of grammar. One important human dimension is the role of dialect in society and in the lives of children. Roeper devotes three chapters to the structure of African-American English and the challenge of responding to linguistic prejudice. Written in a lively style that is very accessible and gently provocative (what is the point of pointing?) THE PRISM OF GRAMMAR is a book for parents and teachers as well as students--everyone who wants to understand how children gain and use language--and any person interested in the social, philosophical, and ethical implications for how we see the growing mind emerge. From marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net Sun May 27 22:02:15 2007 From: marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net (marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 15:02:15 -0700 Subject: Yahoo! Auto Response Message-ID: I am away from my email from May 21 - 29. If this is urgent, please contact the Goldin-Meadow lab at the University of Chicago: 773-702-1562. 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However, in these last two cases the words in the subject field were able to slip past the filters. In such cases, I just add additional filters to block these in the future. But new ways of saying "I am on vacation" will inevitably slip past these filters. --Brian MacWhinney From lbedore at mail.utexas.edu Wed May 30 14:22:34 2007 From: lbedore at mail.utexas.edu (Lisa Bedore) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:22:34 -0500 Subject: please post Message-ID: Social Science/Humanities Research Associate IV, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Texas at Austin The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders is seeking a Research Associate. The Research Associate will contribute actively to an NICHD-funded project to develop and pilot a test of semantics and morpho-syntax for Spanish-English speaking children ages 6-9. The appointment period is expected to be two years. Responsibilities include subject recruitment, individual testing of children and conducting parent and teacher interviews in Spanish and English, data management, analysis and supervising/mentoring undergraduate and graduate student research assistants. Ph.D. in communication sciences and disorders, developmental psychology, or related field with two years of experience in clinical research or testing of children; or M.A. in the same with four years of experience in clinical research or testing of children is required. Must demonstrate proficiency in Spanish. Appointment to begin Fall 2007. Please apply on-line at: http://www.utexas.edu/hr/empl/index.html Posting number: 07-05-15-01-4006 For more information contact: Elizabeth D. Peña, Ph.D., lizp at mail.utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran's status, or sexual orientation. Lisa M. Bedore, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A1100 Austin, Texas 78712 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From P.Fletcher at ucc.ie Wed May 30 16:14:57 2007 From: P.Fletcher at ucc.ie (Fletcher , Paul) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:14:57 +0100 Subject: PhD studentship at University College Cork Message-ID: PhD STUDENTSHIP, DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to work on a project investigating a neurobiological model of language processing. The project will involve electrophysiological and clinical testing of auditory word processing in normal individuals and individuals with aphasia. The underlying research investigates how this model of spoken-word processing can explain differentially disordered language function in individuals with aphasia, thus significantly influencing theories of aphasia therapy and evidence-based practice. In collaboration with Dr Catharine Pettigrew, Dr Geraldine Boylan, Dr Kingshuk Roy Choudhury and Dr Liam Marnane, the project will further develop electrophysiological recording techniques, signal processing, and statistical analysis techniques for investigating automatic auditory event-related potential responses to speech stimuli, in normal and pathological populations. The successful applicant will have - or expect to be awarded shortly - a good undergraduate degree (or Masters) in Speech and Language Therapy, Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology, or Linguistics. S/he will have a strong interest in language disorders, electrophysiology and clinical neurophysiology. Clinical experience and/or experience in electrophysiological testing are desirable. The project is funded by the Research Frontiers Programme of Science Foundation Ireland. The studentship includes an annual salary of EUR24,003 (based on IRCSET recommended figures), including stipend and fees. There is also additional support for conferences and travel. The studentship will commence on September 1st, 2007 and is tenable initially for 18 months, with an additional 18 months dependent upon a successful progress review. Applications by email to Dr Catharine Pettigrew (c.pettigrew at ucc.ie ), who can also be contacted via email or phone (+353-21-4901540) for informal enquiries and further information. Applications must include: * CV, including clear statements regarding the quality of your examination grades and your competence in spoken and written English (if you are not a native speaker); * Covering letter describing your interest in this position; * Names of 3 academic referees, together with the positions they hold and their email and postal addresses. Closing date: Friday 29th June, 2007 ______________________________________ Paul Fletcher, Professor and Head Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences University College Cork Brookfield Health Sciences Complex College Road Cork Ireland. tel. +353 21 490 1537/1570 fax. +353 21 490 1542 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathrin_schrader at gmx.de Wed May 30 16:18:11 2007 From: kathrin_schrader at gmx.de (Kathrin Schrader) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:18:11 +0200 Subject: call for papers Message-ID: Please note the following call for papers: The role of phonology in reading acquisition. Workshop at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) Location: Bamberg, Germany Start Date: February 28, 2008 - End Date: February 29, 2008 Organized by: Martina Penke (University of Konstanz) and Kathrin Schrader (University of Cologne) Linguistic Subfields: Psycholinguistics, language acquisition A highly controversial issue in reading research is the role of phonology in visual word identification. Whereas some researchers argue that the decoding of written words by means of grapheme-phoneme-correspondences is an essential requirement for access to the mental lexicon, other researchers posit that words which are familiar, i.e. that have been decoded before, can be associated with their meaning directly on the basis of their stored orthographic form. Although this controversy is important for the issue how reading is taught in primary schools it still remains unsettled. Thus whereas the whole-word approach in reading acquisition was based on the assumption that phonology does not play a crucial role in reading, the now popular phonics approach relies on the teaching of phoneme-grapheme-correspondences. A solution of this underlying controversy is crucial for evaluating and improving the methods applied in reading acquisition. The goal of this workshop is to contribute to this controversy and discuss the issue which rule phonology plays in reading acquisition. We will therefore discuss for example - how reading acquisition proceeds in German speaking children, - which conclusions with respect to the above mentioned controversy can be drawn from reading acquisition data of German children, - how and to what extent German and English children differ with respect to reading acquisition, - how experimental findings may help improving the teaching of reading in German schools. This workshop is intended for researchers working in the areas of visual word recognition and reading acquisition either from an experimental, theoretical or applied perspective. Note, however, that all talks should address the importance of their findings for German reading acquisition. Presentations will be 20 or 40 minutes plus 10 respectively 15 minutes for discussion depending on the number of abstracts accepted. Workshop organizers: Martina Penke, Department of General Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf. Kathrin Schrader, Department of General Linguistics, University of Düsseldorf. Abstract Submission Guidelines: Please submit a one page abstract including the following information: (a) Title of the paper (b) Name of the author(s) (c) Affiliation(s) (d) e-mail address(es) Send your submissions to: penke at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de and / or kathrin.schrader at uni-koeln.de IMPORTANT DATES July 31, 2007: deadline for abstracts end of August: notification of acceptance February 28-29, 2008: workshop in Bamberg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cschutze at ucla.edu Thu May 31 06:34:48 2007 From: cschutze at ucla.edu (Carson Schutze) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 23:34:48 -0700 Subject: Language Acquisition Laboratory Coordinator at UCLA Message-ID: We are looking for a curious, dynamic and organized person to work as full-time Laboratory Coordinator for the new Language Acquisition Laboratory at UCLA Department of Linguistics. Responsibilities include organizing and managing subject recruitment, interacting with parents and children, aiding in designing experiments, testing infants, maintaining data spreadsheets and facilitating undergraduate and graduate research projects. This full-time position with benefits is funded for 3 years; a commitment for at least two years is required.  Salary begins at $36,540 per year, and is commensurate to experience.  UCLA is an equal opportunity employer. The person must have experience working with children between 0 – 6 years and their parents.  A degree in Linguistics / Psychology or related field, and research experience with infants and language acquisition is highly desirable.  The position offers flexible hours, opportunities for creative, critical, innovative thinking and collaborations with acquisition researchers Nina Hyams, Susie Curtiss, Carson Schütze and Megha Sundara (for more details see http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/faculty.htm ). If you are interested, please email a CV and names of three referees to Megha Sundara (megha.sundara at humnet.ucla.edu) by June 15th. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From roberts at mail.fpg.unc.edu Mon May 7 13:21:33 2007 From: roberts at mail.fpg.unc.edu (Joanne Roberts) Date: Mon, 7 May 2007 09:21:33 -0400 Subject: Language Research Position Message-ID: The Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has openings for a language researcher at the Bachelors, Masters, Doctorate, or Post-Doctorate level. The research project studies the language skills of children with fragile X syndrome, Down syndrome, and/or autism. We conduct speech and language assessments on boys and girls throughout the Southeast. Responsibilities of the job (depending on qualifications) include conducting, scoring, and coding assessments as well as preparing manuscripts and grants. Desire individuals with a background in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Psychology, Linguistics, or related field and some experience with children with disabilities. Some travel involved. Please email a resume to Anne Harris at harrisa at mail.fpg.unc.edu. For more information about the project visit: www.carolinacommunicationproject.org . EOE. -- -- Joanne E. Roberts, Ph.D. Senior Scientist, Professor of Speech and Hearing Sciences & Research Professor of Pediatrics Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute CB# 8180 UNC Chapel Hill 105 Smith Level Road Chapel Hill, NC 27599-8180 Phone: 919/966-7164 Fax: 919/966-7532 From Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl Wed May 9 07:22:20 2007 From: Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl (Nanjo Bogdanowicz) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:22:20 +0200 Subject: job opening Post Doc MPI Psycholinguistics Message-ID: University or Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/ Job Rank: Post Doc Specialty Areas: Information structure; Language Acquisition; Psycholinguistics Description: The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is offering a postdoctoral staff position in the field of (first and/or second) language acquisition. It is a research position and involves no teaching responsibilities. The position will be in the Language Acquisition group and has an initial term of appointment of 3 years with an extension possible for 2 additional years. We are looking for a scholar with a background in psychology or linguistics who is interested in undertaking research in the project ?Information structure in language acquisition?. An interest in crosslinguistic research and the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team are expected. Research in the project focuses on first and second language acquisition from a crosslinguistic perspective. Project members investigate a variety of linguistic devices used to mark information structure distinctions in adult and child learners. Further information about the project is available at http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/. Junior scientists with a completed Ph.D. in a relevant field are encouraged to apply. Applications should include a c.v., a cover letter describing research interests, samples of scholarly work, and the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters of recommendation. Address for Applications: Nanjo Bogdanowicz PO Box 310 Nijmegen 6500 AH The Netherlands Application Deadline: 15-June-2007 Contact Information: Nanjo Bogdanowicz Email: Nanjo-dot-Bogdanowicz-at-mpi-dot-nl Phone: +31-24-3521454 Fax: +31-24-3521213 -- Nanjo Bogdanowicz Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics P.O.Box 310 Phone+31 (0)24 3521454 6500 AH Nijmegen Fax +31 (0)24 3521213 nanjo.bogdanowicz at mpi.nl From Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl Wed May 9 07:26:31 2007 From: Nanjo.Bogdanowicz at mpi.nl (Nanjo Bogdanowicz) Date: Wed, 9 May 2007 09:26:31 +0200 Subject: job opening Post Doc/Visiting position MPI Psycholinguistics Message-ID: University or Organization: Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics Web Address: http://www.mpi.nl/research/groups/LanguageAcquisition Job Rank: Post Doc/Visiting position Specialty Areas: Language Acquisition; Language & Cognition; Psycholinguistics Description: The Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics is offering a short-term visiting position to undertake research on language acquisition and/or language and cognition. The position involves no teaching responsibilities. The position will be in the Language Acquisition group and has an initial term of 1 year with a possible extension to 2 years. We are looking for a scholar with a background in psychology or linguistics who is interested in undertaking research on (a) information structure in language acquisition (L1 or L2) and/or (b) categories and concepts in language and cognition. An interest in crosslinguistic research and the ability to work collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team are expected. Further information about the projects investigating these research areas is available at: http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/informationstructure/ and http://www.mpi.nl/research/projects/CATS. Junior scientists with a completed Ph.D. in a relevant field wishing to obtain postdoctoral experience as well as senior scholars looking for a visiting position (e.g. on sabbatical leave) are encouraged to apply. Applications should include a c.v., a cover letter describing research interests, samples of scholarly work, and the names of two referees who would be willing to write letters of recommendation. Address for Applications: Nanjo Bogdanowicz PO Box 310 Nijmegen 6500 AH The Netherlands Application Deadline: 15-June-2007 Contact Information: Nanjo Bogdanowicz Email: Nanjo-dot-Bogdanowicz-at-mpi-dot-nl Phone: +31-24-3521454 Fax: +31-24-3521213 -- Nanjo Bogdanowicz Max Planck Institute for Psycholinguistics P.O.Box 310 Phone+31 (0)24 3521454 6500 AH Nijmegen Fax +31 (0)24 3521213 nanjo.bogdanowicz at mpi.nl From papafragou at psych.udel.edu Thu May 10 15:27:55 2007 From: papafragou at psych.udel.edu (Anna Papafragou) Date: Thu, 10 May 2007 11:27:55 -0400 Subject: Research Coordinator position at UD Message-ID: Full-Time Research Coordinator Position Language and Cognition Laboratory University of Delaware The Language and Cognition Laboratory (Department of Psychology) at the University of Delaware has an opening for a full-time Research Coordinator position for the academic year 2007-8. Under the supervision of Dr. Anna Papafragou, the lab investigates how young children acquire language and how language is involved in early conceptual development. The Research Coordinator will participate in all aspects of lab research: planning and executing experimental studies with children (ages 3-8) and adults, coding data, library research, etc. He or she will also work closely with graduate and undergraduate students in the lab. Lab activities involve frequent contact with children and their families, so maturity and willingness to work with young children are important. A BA in a related discipline (Linguistics, Psychology, Cognitive Science) is a prerequisite. Desirable background skills include computer/statistical skills, and some previous research experience. Applicants are encouraged to view Dr. Papafragou's webpage for more details about lab activities: http://papafragou. psych.udel.edu. To apply, send a CV (including relevant courses, any previous work with children, computer and research skills, GPA/transcript, and name and phone number/email of three references) to Anna Papafragou, Dept of Psychology, 109 Wolf Hall, Newark DE 19716, or electronically to papafragou at psych.udel.edu. Please also arrange for three letters of recommendation to arrive separately. Applications need to be received by June 10th for full consideration. Applications received after this date will only be considered if the position remains unfilled. ********************** Assistant Professor Department of Psychology University of Delaware http://papafragou.psych.udel.edu -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From jaana.ravattinen at joensuu.fi Fri May 11 06:35:59 2007 From: jaana.ravattinen at joensuu.fi (Jaana Ravattinen) Date: Fri, 11 May 2007 09:35:59 +0300 Subject: Call for Papers: 1st Nordic Conf. Clinical Linguistics Message-ID: Please distribute the call below locally and globally. **************************************************** First Call for Papers The First Nordic Conference of Clinical Linguistics Time: February 9 and 10, 2008 (Saturday and Sunday) Venue: University of Joensuu, Joensuu, Finland The meeting may be seen as a re-birth of the series of meetings that was arranged in Finland during the 1980s and 1990s. These events were called Finnish Conferences of Neurolinguistics, but, in effect, they were Nordic/Scandinavian in their scope, if not wider. The conference is aimed to be a theoretically and linguistically oriented meeting dealing with language pathology and/or language in clinical populations, e.g., acquired and childhood aphasia, specific/familial language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, multiple sclerosis, Alzheimer?s dementia. The conference will include plenary presentations by internationally distinguished scholars as well as 30-minute section papers and posters. We also welcome closed workshops and open-to-all special sessions to be held in conjunction with the conference. A general abstract submission deadline of December 3, 2007 is valid for: ? abstracts (1 page) for section papers and posters, ? abstracts for workshop/special session proposals (1-page abstract for the description of the workshop/special session, plus 1-page abstract for each contribution within the workshop/special session). Submission mode: By mid-May 2007 the conference web page will carry a link to a web form that is to be used in abstract submission. Notification of acceptance: December 10, 2007. The proceedings will be published as a volume/volumes in Studies in Languages, University of Joensuu, following a peer-review of each submission (see http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/studiesinlanguages.shtml for the list of the 40 titles published in this series). Further information (a) will be posted on the web site at: http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/NorConfClinLing2008/ (b) or you may write to us at: NorClinLing2008 at joensuu.fi For paper mail address and fax, see the end of this call. In due time, the conference web page will contain, e.g., information on conference fee, travel, accommodation and other practical matters as well as the program. Welcome to Joensuu! On Behalf of the Organizing Committee Jussi Niemi Stefan Werner Jaana Ravattinen Chair Co-chair Secretary Fax: +358-13-251 4211 (Department) E-mail: NorClinLing2008 at joensuu.fi http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics/NorConfClinLing2008/ http://cc.joensuu.fi/linguistics University site: http://www.joensuu.fi/englishindex.html City of Joensuu site: http://www.jns.fi/ P.S. The Clinical Linguistics conference will partially overlap with the Annual National (read: "Finnish?) Winter Meeting on Autism arranged at Joensuu by the Finnish Association for Autism and Asperger's Syndrom (see: http://www.autismiliitto.fi/) on February 8 and 9, 2008. From boehning at ling.uni-potsdam.de Mon May 14 08:35:36 2007 From: boehning at ling.uni-potsdam.de (Marita =?iso-8859-1?Q?B=F6hning?=) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 10:35:36 +0200 Subject: communication behavior towards children/people with language deficits Message-ID: Dear colleagues, a colleague of mine is looking for articles that deal with communication bahavior and language use when parents, care-givers, therapists etc. are communicating with people / children that have communication / language deficits. I know there are studies on parents who were communicating differently with their children with Down Syndrome in comparison to their children without Down syndrome, including encouraging the latter more to use language. However, my colleague is looking for more results on such behavior (other populations). I am sure there is a lot being done by some of you. We would be very grateful for any article suggestions on this topic. Thank you!!! Kind regards, Marita Boehning & Ulrike Frank (University of Potsdam, Germany) From kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk Mon May 14 10:39:26 2007 From: kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk (Kirsten Abbot-Smith) Date: Mon, 14 May 2007 11:39:26 +0100 Subject: Lectureship at University of Plymouth In-Reply-To: <52A8091888A23F47A013223014B6E9FE0D99D9E3@03-CSEXCH.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: Can you please forward this to anyone who might be interested in this position (especially people with interests in development and/ or psycholinguistics)? Cheers, Kirsten P.S. See also http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/ -----Original Message----- From: postmaster at psy.plymouth.ac.uk [mailto:postmaster at psy.plymouth.ac.uk] On Behalf Of Tim Perfect Sent: 14 May 2007 11:17 To: staff at psy.plymouth.ac.uk Subject: lectureship post Hi all, As you probably know, Kevin Brooks is leaving us this November to return to Sydney. We have had approval from Chancellory to fill this vacancy (at lecturer level) by October, in time for the RAE. The person would have to be contracted to us on 31st October. This means that time is VERY tight. We plan to advertise on the web (www.jobs.ac.uk ), with a closing date of 25th June, and an interview date of July 16th / 17th. Because of the RAE pressures, it is less likely that we will recruit from a UK university (who will be trying to retain their research active staff). Consequently, we may have more success from overseas applicants. But, contacting them is the tricky part. This is where YOU come in, and where we can benefit from our international staffing. If EVERYONE were able to get 1 candidate to apply, then we would be able to short-list a strong field of applicants, I am sure. Feel free to email people, informing them that we have a current vacancy. Don't make any promises we can't keep, but otherwise, get contacting good people. We are willing to consider recruitment in ANY area of psychology. Currently, I am waiting for the final version of the advert from Personnel, with job reference numbers etc. Once I get that I will circulate it for you to forward to individuals, or mail-lists. In the meantime, get your thinking caps on. Tim ____________________ Professor Tim Perfect Head of School, School of Psychology University of Plymouth Plymouth PL4 8 AA www.plymouth.ac.uk/psychology www.plymouth.ac.uk/psyresearch tel: +44 (0)1752 233157 fax:+44 (0) 1752 233362 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk Tue May 15 09:38:44 2007 From: kirsten.abbot-smith at plymouth.ac.uk (Kirsten Abbot-Smith) Date: Tue, 15 May 2007 10:38:44 +0100 Subject: Lectureship at the University of Plymouth In-Reply-To: <52A8091888A23F47A013223014B6E9FE0D99D9E2@03-CSEXCH.uopnet.plymouth.ac.uk> Message-ID: I tried to CC this message to infochildes yesterday. It appears not to have gone through, but my apologies if you have already received it. There will soon be an opening for a permanent Lectureship in the School of Psychology at the University of Plymouth, UK. Researchers from any area of Psychology are welcome to apply but obviously certain members of the Language and Cognitive Development group (including myself) have a vested interest in attracting a researcher in language development. We have recently refurbished the child development lab and have set up a volunteer database of parents of children aged 0-6 years (see http://www.plymouthbabylab.org/). This 'babylab' includes head turn preference, infant ERP and ePrime facilities and we hope to set up a preferential-looking lab soon. We have good technical support from five technicians, who are experienced in working with audio-visual editing and programming psycholinguistic experiments. The department has also recently been given a large amount of money to renovate and refurbish all the labs. This should take place over the next year. The School of Psychology was rated as 5 in the last research evaluation (RAE 2001), putting us amongst the best in the UK. It is a very international department; at least half the academic staff are originally from outside the UK (e.g. USA, Canada, Germany, France, Israel, Spain, Belgium, Ireland, New Zealand etc.) and international applicants are encouraged to apply. We plan to advertise on the web (www.jobs.ac.uk ), with a closing date of 25th June, and an interview date of July 16th / 17th. However, the person would have to be contracted to us on 31st October, so I would encourage those interested to mail me a CV (including publications, presentations and grants), which I can bring to the attention of the Head of Department. 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The earliest files begin after birth and the children are each followed at monthly or bimonthly intervals until age 7. So, in terms of the period of coverage, these files may represent the longest time period of recordings from single children. The files currently in CHILDES are from three children, but the complete database includes recordings from 21 children. Rosemarie Rigol continues to transcribe the remaining data and all of the video media are now being contributed to CHILDES for archival purposes. The total corpus includes 1900 30-minute recordings. Of the 21 children, 19 come from a rural community in Hessen and to from Osnabr?ck. I would like to express my appreciation to Rosemarie Rigol for the enormous contribution she is making here to the study of the development of German child language and to Heike Behrens and the MPI Leipzig for bringing the data into such a wonderful shape for addition to the database. I look forward to seeing many interesting new analyses of this new corpus. --Brian MacWhinney From jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se Wed May 16 11:57:11 2007 From: jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se (Jordan Zlatev) Date: Wed, 16 May 2007 13:57:11 +0200 Subject: Final call for papers: SALC Message-ID: FINAL CALL FOR PAPERS ? Includes one new theme session! ? The First Conference of the Swedish Association for Language and Cognition (SALC) Lund, Nov 29 - Dec 1, 2007 http://www.salc-sssk.org/conference ? We invite the submission of abstracts for oral or poster presentations for the The First Conference of the Swedish Association for Language and Cognition (SALC)/Svenska S?llskapet f?r Spr?k och Kognition (SSSK) to be held at the Centre for Languages and Literature, Lund University between Nov 29 and Dec 1, 2007. Presentations should involve research in which language is not treated in isolation (e.g. as a "module"), but both as based on structures and processes of general cognition (e.g. perception, memory and reasoning) and social cognition (e.g. joint attention and imitation), and as affecting such structures and processes. The conference, as SALC in general, is intended to be a forum for the exchange of ideas between disciplines, fields of study and theoretical frameworks. Topics include, but are not limited to: ? * semantic analysis and cognition * discourse analysis and cognition * grammar and cognition * pragmatics and cognition * semiotics and cognition * linguistic typology and cognition * language and cognitive development * language and cognitive evolution * language change and cognition * language and gesture * language, emotion and consciousness * linguistic relativity and linguistic mediation ? Plenary speakers * Susan Goldin-Meadow, Department of Psychology, University of Chicago * Esa Itkonen, Department of Linguistics, University of Turku * Chris Sinha, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth * ?sten Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Peter G?rdenfors, Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University ? Theme sessions ?Space in language and cognition? (Conveners: Carita Paradis, Marlene Johansson Falck, Carita Lundmark and Ulf Magnusson) The link between spatial concepts and construals in linguistic expressions and in thought is a rapidly growing field of inquiry which cuts across disciplines such as linguistics, cognitive psychology, anthropology, computer science and philosophy. Oxford University Press will be publishing papers from the session in an edited volume of strictly peer-reviewed papers that capture cutting-edge scholarship in this area. ? ?Language and gesture? (Conveners: Jordan Zlatev and Cornelia Mueller) While there is a consensus on the close relationship between language and gesture, there is an ongoing debate on the exact relationship between the two: do they constitute a "unified system" (e.g. McNeil) or two closely integrated but distinct semiotic resources (e.g. Donald), supported by distinct cognitive mechanisms (e.g. Kita and ?zy?rek)? We plan a publication of papers addressing this issue from different perspectives: semiotics, interaction studies, development, evolution and neuroscience. ? ?The dynamics of symbolic matter? (Conveners: Stephen Cowley and Paul Thibault) Language simultaneously links brains, bodies and material artefacts. Since the resulting dynamics prompt human activity, we - and language ? are produced, structured, and function across many time scales. On this distributed perspective, human sense-making is traced, above all, to skills in integrating real-time events with verbal patterns (and other second-order cultural artefacts). Accordingly, we aim to consider how the resulting cognitive dynamics function in (some of the) time-scales relevant to brains, bodies, the experiential present, human relationships, development, history and co-evolution. Finally, we will apply the perspective to robotic and other cognitive models. The outcome will be a peer-reviewed special issue of a Journal that examines the dynamics of what we deem 'symbolic'. ? ? One page abstracts (at most 500 words) should be sent as an attachment (MS Word preferred) to Marlene Johansson Falck, at marlene at magicspelling.com by June 1st 2007. Abstracts will then be reviewed by two members of the Scientific Committee, and notification of acceptance will be sent by August 1st. Please indicate whether an oral or poster presentation is preferred, and if a poster presentation is acceptable if the space of the program does not allow for an oral presentation. If you wish your contribution to be considered for one of the theme sessions, please indicate this. The conference will be held in English. ? Registration fees, including conference participation, book of abstracts, and coffee/snacks: * Faculty: 50 euro/450 SEK (40 euro/360 SEK for SALC members) * Students: 40 euro/360 SEK (30 euro/270 SEK for SALC members) On-line registration facilities will be announced soon. ? Important Dates * Feb 23: First Call for Papers * June 1: Deadline for abstract submission * August 15: Notification of acceptance * October 1: Programme announced * Nov 29 (afternoon) - Dec 1 (whole day): Conference ? Scientific Committee * J?hanna Barddal, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen * Ingar Brinck, Department of Philosophy, Lund University * Alan Cienki Department of Language and Communication, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam * ?sten Dahl, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Caroline David, D?partement d'?tudes anglophones, Universit? Paul-Val?ry, Montpellier III * Per Durst-Andersen, Centre for Language, Cognition and Mentality, Copenhagen Business School * Elisabeth Engberg-Pedersen, Department of Nordic Studies and Linguistics, University of Copenhagen * Adam Glaz, Department of English UMCS, Lublin * Peter G?rdenfors, Department of Cognitive Science, Lund University * Peter Harder, Department of English, University of Copenhagen * Merle Horne, Department of Linguistics, Lund University * Anders Hougaard, Institute of Language and Communication, University of Southern Denmark * Daniel Hutto, Philosophy, University of Hetyfordshire * Esa Itkonen, Department of Linguistics, University of Turku * Christer Johansson, Department of Linguistics, University of Bergen * Henryk Kardela, Department of English, Universytet Marii Curie-Sklodowskiej * Suzanne Kemmer, Department of Linguistics, Rice University * Maria Koptjevskaja Tamm, Department of Linguistics, Stockholm University * Maarten Lemmens, English Linguistics, Universit? de Lille3 * Cornelia Mueller, Department for Cultural Studies, Europa-Universit?t Viadrina Frankfurt (Oder) * Chris Sinha, Department of Psychology, University of Portsmouth * Victor Smith, Copenhagen Business School * G?ran Sonesson, Department of Semiotics, Lund University * Paul Thibault, Linguistics and Media Communication, Agder University Organizing Committee * Jordan Zlatev, Lund University and Ume? University * Mats Andr?n, Lund University * Marlene Johansson Falck, Stockholm University * Carita Lundmark, Mid Sweden University * Ulf Magnusson, Lule? University of Technology * Carita Paradis, V?xj? University *************************************************** Jordan Zlatev, Associate Professor Department of Linguistics Center for Languages and Literature Lund University Box 201 221 00 Lund, Sweden email: jordan.zlatev at ling.lu.se http://www.ling.lu.se/persons/JordanZlatev.html *************************************************** -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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URL: From P.Hendriks at rug.nl Sun May 20 13:09:48 2007 From: P.Hendriks at rug.nl (P.Hendriks) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 15:09:48 +0200 Subject: 1 postdoc position & 2 PhD positions Message-ID: The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG), University of Groningen, The Netherlands, has 1 opening for a postdoc researcher and 2 openings for PhD students. All three positions are part of the VICI project "Asymmetries in Grammar", funded by the Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO). The VICI project investigates asymmetries in language acquisition between correct production and correct comprehension. The project is multidisciplinary in nature, combining theoretical analysis with empirical research in language acquisition, sentence processing and language pathology. 1. Postdoc position in Language Acquisition (vacancy 207095) Application Deadline: 01-Jun-2007 Description: This postdoc project investigates the production and comprehension of anaphoric subjects in normally developing children. The postdoc will study the relation between the form of the referring expression and the topic structure of the discourse context. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A PhD in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Research experience including relevant publications in the area of language acquisition. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Strong supervision skills. - Knowledge of Dutch. Conditions of Employment: Employment basis: Temporary for specified period. Duration of the contract: Three years, starting as soon as possible. Maximum hours per week: 38 The University of Groningen offers a salary dependent on qualifications and work experience up to a maximum of EUR 3597,- gross per month for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent by mail to the address listed below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A list of publications - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207095) on the envelope and in your letter University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl 2. PhD Position in Language Acquisition (vacancy 207096) Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2007 Description: This PhD project investigates the production and comprehension of word order in Dutch pre-school children. The PhD student will study the order of subject and object in early sentences, and the effects of semantic factors such as animacy on word order. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A MA degree in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Excellent record of undergraduate and MA level study. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Knowledge of Dutch or the willingness to learn it. Conditions of employment: Duration of the contract: Four years, starting as soon as possible. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hours/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidate's results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The University of Groningen offers a salary of EUR 1956,- gross per month in the first year to EUR 2502 gross per month in the fourth year for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent to the address below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A copy of your diplomas together with a list of grades - A list of publications (if applicable) - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207096) on the envelope and in your letter Address for Applicants: University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl Contact Information: Dr. Petra Hendriks, Project Supervisor Email: p.hendriks at rug.nl Phone: +31 50 3635863 3. PhD Position in Language Acquisition in Autistic Spectrum Disorders (vacancy 207097) Application Deadline: 15-Jun-2007 Description: This PhD project investigates language production and comprehension in children and adolescents with Autistic Spectrum Disorders, and will be co-supervised by Dr. Catharina Hartman and Prof. Dr. Ruud Minderaa of Accare, a psychiatric institution for children and adolescents in Groningen. Additional information can be obtained through the following link: http://www.let.rug.nl/~hendriks/vici.htm Requirements: - A MA degree in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related field. - Excellent record of undergraduate and MA level study. - Ability to work together with other researchers. - Knowledge of Dutch. Conditions of employment: Duration of the contract: Four years, starting as soon as possible. The position requires residence in Groningen, 36 hours/week research, and must result in a PhD dissertation. After the first year there will be an assessment of the candidate's results and the progress of the project. Based on this, it will be decided whether the employment will be continued. The University of Groningen offers a salary of EUR 1956,- gross per month in the first year to EUR 2502 gross per month in the fourth year for a full-time position. Please include with your application sent to the address below: - A letter of application - Your curriculum vitae - A copy of your diplomas together with a list of grades - A list of publications (if applicable) - The names and e-mail addresses of two referees - A short statement (no more than 1,000 words) about your motivation to apply for this project - Please identify the vacancy number (207097) on the envelope and in your letter Address for Applicants: University of Groningen Personnel and Organisation Department P.O Box 72 Groningen 9700 AB Netherlands Email Address for Applications: vmp at rug.nl Contact Information: Dr. Petra Hendriks, Project Supervisor Email: p.hendriks at rug.nl Phone: +31 50 3635863 The Center for Language and Cognition Groningen (CLCG) is a research institute within the Faculty of Arts of the University of Groningen. It embraces all the linguistic research in the faculty. A considerable number of the researchers participate in the Graduate School forBehavioral and Cognitive Neurosciences (BCN), and in the Landelijke Onderzoekschool Taalwetenschap (LOT). Within the CLCG there are six research groups: Syntax/Semantics, Discourse and Communication, Language Variation and Change, Computational Linguistics, Neurolinguistics, and Language and Literacy Development over the Life Span. Web Address: http://www.rug.nl/let/onderzoek/onderzoekinstituten/clcg/index From khirshpa at temple.edu Sun May 20 13:19:23 2007 From: khirshpa at temple.edu (Kathy Hirsh-Pasek) Date: Sun, 20 May 2007 09:19:23 -0400 Subject: research job at Temple University Message-ID: We need your and best and brightest. Please pass this along to any wonderful students looking for a research job! Thanks. Kathy Research Assistant at the Temple University Infant Laboratory: How do babies learn their first language? The Temple University Infant Laboratory at Ambler is looking for an inquisitive research assistant who enjoys babies and young children and who wants experience in cutting-edge research on how babies process their world to learn language. Responsibilities include conducting experiments, distributing language assessment questionnaires to participating families; coding and entering study data, and conducting preliminary data analyses; performing literature reviews; and writing preliminary drafts of grant reports, conference abstracts, and manuscripts. In addition, the RA is responsible for scheduling child participants; assisting with mass mailings; and supervising undergraduate assistants. Looking for someone who has a b achelor's degree in Psychology (preferably child development focus), Linguistics or related field and some experience working with children between the ages of 7 months to six years in a research/clinical setting and who is willing to spend at least two years on NIH and NSF funded research. A perfect job for those thinking of going on to graduate school in psychology or applied linguistics. Ambler is just outside of Philadelphia, PA. Please send resume to: Kathy Hirsh-Pasek c/o Wendy Shallcross at wendy.shallcross at gmail.com (267-468-8610) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk Tue May 22 10:38:52 2007 From: gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk (Gina Conti-Ramsden) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 11:38:52 +0100 Subject: Three year post doc Manchester, UK Message-ID: Generator Microsoft Word 11 (filtered) Dear Colleagues, Please note and circulate the information for this three year postdoctoral research associate position in Manchester for someone with a strong quantitative data analysis and statistical background.? We welcome applications from postdoctoral candidates from the UK and Internationally. Many thanks, Gina Conti-Ramsden The University of Manchester Quote ref:? MHS/117/07 Internal ref:? LR/JE THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER PARTICULARS OF APPOINTMENT FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES Human Communication and Deafness and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (Ref:MHS/117/07) 1 The University invites applications for the above post which is tenable for a period of 36 months in the first instance. 2 Applications are invited from a highly motivated postdoctoral individual with a demonstrated interest and excellent skills on data analysis to work on a programme of studies involving children with specific language impairment (SLI) and other developmental disorders including autism.? Applicants must have a strong quantitative background with a statistics, psychology or related discipline degree.? ????????? The postholder will be involved in data analysis of large longitudinal and cross-sectional databases, ????????? ?including complex surveys. Expertise on STATA and SPSS is required. The postholder will have the ?????????? opportunity to train on advanced statistical methods relevant to particular studies and to become ????????? ?familiar with developmental psychopathology, in particular SLI and Autism. The postholder will also ?????????? be involved in writing up of results, preparation of manuscript for publication and other research- ?????????? related and dissemination activities. 3 Salary will be within the range ?25,889 - ?28,289 per annum according to relevant experience and qualifications.? 4 Informal inquiries may be made to Professor Gina Conti-Ramsden (Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3514, Secretary, Jacqueline O' Brien Tel: +44 (0)161 275 3366; Email: gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk) and Professor Andrew Pickles (tel. +44 (0) 161 275 5204, email andrew.pickles at manchester.ac.uk ) 5 Applications should be returned by midday July 6th, 2007 to Jacqueline O' Brien Human Communication and Deafness School of Psychological Sciences The University of Manchester Humanities Devas Street Building Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Email: Jackie.o' brien at manchester.ac.uk 6 Interviews will be held on Wednesday 18 July 2007. Starting date 1 October 2007 7 If you have not been contacted by the interview date you should assume that, on this occasion, your application has not been successful.? We would, however, like to take this opportunity to thank you for your interest in The University of Manchester. WITH THE COMPLIMENTS OF THE DIRECTORATE OF HUMAN RESOURCES THE UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER FACULTY OF MEDICAL AND HUMAN SCIENCES SCHOOL OF PSYCHOLOGICAL SCIENCES Human Communication and Deafness and SCHOOL OF MEDICINE POST DOCTORAL RESEARCH ASSOCIATE (REF:MHS/117/07) FURTHER PARTICULARS Job Title:??????????????????? ??????????? Post Doctoral Research Associate Contract Status:??????????????????? Fixed-term contract for a period of 36 months Hours of Work:????????????????????? Full time (37 hours per week) Salary:??????????????????????????????????? ?25,889 - ?28,290 per annum Location:??????????????????????????????? Human Communication and Deafness, School of Psychological Sciences, and School of Medicine, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester ??????????????????????????????????????????????? ? Responsible to:??????????????????? Programme Management Team; day-to-day will report to Professors Gina Conti-Ramsden and Andrew Pickles ??????????? The University of Manchester: On 1 October 2004, a new chartered university came into being in Manchester.? Bringing together two long-established institutions, UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester, the new University of Manchester has a unified structure and the size and resources to compete on a global scale.? It has an annual turnover of nearly ?500 million, a staff of over 9,000 and a student population of some 30,000, of whom a quarter will be postgraduates. World-class teaching and research is undertaken with the aim of equalling the handful of leading UK universities which are truly globally competitive, which are at the forefront of invention and the generation of ' intellectual capital' , and which have the capacity to address some of the most important problems that afflict individuals and communities. The President and Vice-Chancellor, Professor Alan Gilbert (formerly Vice-Chancellor of the University of Melbourne), took up his post in February 2004. Although UMIST and the Victoria University of Manchester have distinct origins, the two institutions have a long history of co-operation with one another.? They began working together almost 100 years ago, and for many years students from UMIST were awarded Victoria University of Manchester degrees. The universities are contiguous and their proximity has enabled them to develop a number of joint services, academic programmes and departments.? Students from both universities have benefited from shared services for counselling, careers and residential accommodation, while Manchester Materials Science Centre and the Federal School of Business & Management are examples of longstanding academic collaboration. The new institution has a spread of academic disciplines that is unsurpassed in the UK, covering 50 separate research units (as assessed by the Higher Education Funding Councils in the UK).? Its learning resources are unrivalled, with the largest non-legal-deposit academic library in the country, more electronic periodicals, databases and reference works than any other library in the UK, and one of the most significant rare book and manuscript collections in the world, housed in the magnificent John Rylands Library, Deansgate. Other exceptional facilities include the Jodrell Bank Observatory, The Manchester Museum and the Whitworth Art Gallery. Learning, teaching and research is further supported by the premier university computer service in Europe. The starting point for the new university is that excellence in research and excellence in teaching are two sides of the same coin.? The University of Manchester strives to produce research of international standing and is in an especially strong position to attract research funding. It aims to increase its share of that funding, to work closely with business, industry and the professions, and to bring intellectual, social and economic benefits to the city of Manchester and to the north west of England as a whole. The strength and breadth of the research base will lead to an increased range and flexibility of degree provision and will make it possible to enhance learning and teaching facilities and support services for students. Job Outline:?? Applications are invited from a highly motivated postdoctoral individual with a demonstrated interest and excellent skills on data analysis to work on a programme of studies involving children with specific language impairment (SLI) and other developmental disorders including autism.? Applicants must have a strong quantitative background with a statistics, psychology or related discipline degree.? The postholder will be involved in data analysis of large longitudinal and cross-sectional databases, including complex surveys. Expertise on STATA and SPSS is required. The postholder will have opportunity to train on advanced statistical methods relevant to particular studies and to become familiar with developmental psychopathology, in particular SLI and Autism. The postholder will also be involved in writing up of results, preparation of manuscript for publication and other research-related and dissemination activities. Programme of Studies outline Recent work has suggested that children with specific language impairment (SLI) have an increased risk of autism.? The magnitude of this risk is considerable, about 10 times what would be expected from the general population.? In addition, within SLI there is a subgroup of children (a quarter of individuals) who have some features of the broader autism spectrum disorders (ASD) phenotype without having a full-blown profile of ASD. At present, the natural history of SLI is still poorly described, especially in terms of the distinctive developmental and social elements associated with SLI specifically.? Generally, investigations have not taken into account different SLI subtypes and thus have failed to distinguish potential contributions to mean differences in children in the SLI sample who may have had in addition some of the features of Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD). A programme of inter-related research projects will be carried out.? Compared to the main bulk of the literature, the proposed projects have the distinctiveness of going from an interest in SLI and examining the potential contribution of ASD comorbidity.? For all projects the number of participants with SLI will be 100 or more (242 at 7 years, 234 at 8 years, 200 at 11 years, 113 at 14 years, 139 at 16 and 17 years).? In addition, data from 124 typically developing comparison young people who were stratified according to household income to be representative of the population of England as a whole (based on the 2001-2002 Household Survey Census data) is available at 16 and 17 years. The SLI sample is large and heterogeneous and is representative of children attending language units in the UK in 1995.? The study has used a wide ranging test battery at each assessment point including between 6-12 tests of differing psycholinguistic skills at each stage, family history data, diagnostic interview and video data, self, teacher and parent interview and opinion data, educational tests and achievement and varied measures of social-emotional functioning.? This complex database is rich in information and has over 5,000 variables to date.? A number of comparative databases will also be used involving children with special needs and children with autism.? Together the series of studies to be carried out have a common focus on developmental psychopathology and language in particular. Main Duties and Responsibilities: ? To plan and carry out in-depth data analysis involving large, complex databases and use of sophisticated methodology. ? To carry out literature surveys on topics related to developmental psychopathology. ? To contribute to the writing of the project for publication in refereed Journals and for national and international dissemination. ? To contribute to the organization and delivery of a specialized conference as well as workshops, seminars. ? Any other duties appropriate to the grade and role of the post holder. This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment. Person Specifications: Essential Desirable Qualifications/ Education Minimum: A Ph.D. in relevant field Experience on the areas of language and/or developmental psychopathology Skills/Training Excellent data analysis skills Excellent general research skills Excellent writing skills Expertise on at least one general data analysis software package (e.g. STATA) In-depth, advanced knowledge of quantitative research methodology; skills in the use of large databases and in ?complex analysis approaches (e.g. dealing with missing data, adjusting for non-independent observations) ? Experience Demonstrated experience on data analysis Experience with longitudinal data and complex surveys Experience of writing up for publication and dissemination Personal Attributes Ability to work independently, show initiative and scientific curiosity Ability to organise their own time and work to tight deadlines Effective organisational skills Good communication skills ?Experience working with Senior staff ?Ability to work at a very high standard Other requirements? None of note This job description may be subject to revision following discussion with the person appointed and forms part of the contract of employment. gina.conti-ramsden at manchester.ac.uk School of Psychological Sciences Human Communication and Deafness The University of Manchester Humanities Devas Street Building Oxford Road Manchester M13 9PL Tel. 0161-275-3514 Tel. 0161-275-3965 Secretary, Jackie O'Brien, Tel.0161-275-3366/3932 htpp://www.psych-sci.manchester.ac.uk/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From imoreno at uma.es Tue May 22 13:17:25 2007 From: imoreno at uma.es (imoreno at uma.es) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 15:17:25 +0200 Subject: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary Message-ID: Can anyone help me with this? I need to know frequencies of words produced in spontaneous conversation by toddlers. I'm intereseted only in children who have not reached a 2-words period, both in typical and atypical populations. Any data available/published? Thanks Ignacio Moreno-Torres Universidad de M?laga From miquel.serra at ub.edu Tue May 22 15:18:25 2007 From: miquel.serra at ub.edu (Miquel Serra) Date: Tue, 22 May 2007 17:18:25 +0200 Subject: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary In-Reply-To: <3313.150.214.48.153.1179839845.squirrel@gw.uma.es> Message-ID: Dear Ignacio In my book La adquisicion del lenguaje (Barcelona Ariel, Planeta, 2000) you have an Appendix with the first words of 10 children, grouped in periods of six months up to 2,6 years, with their frequency. You also have de transcripts (catalan and spanish) in de Data Base. You may be interested in the information given by the CDI Miquel Serra -----Mensaje original----- De: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org [mailto:info-childes at mail.talkbank.org] En nombre de imoreno at uma.es Enviado el: dimarts, 22 / maig / 2007 15:17 Para: info-childes at mail.talkbank.org Asunto: Corpus based frequencies of toddlers vocabulary Can anyone help me with this? I need to know frequencies of words produced in spontaneous conversation by toddlers. I'm intereseted only in children who have not reached a 2-words period, both in typical and atypical populations. Any data available/published? Thanks Ignacio Moreno-Torres Universidad de M?laga From kdekorsak at ucdavis.edu Wed May 23 21:04:56 2007 From: kdekorsak at ucdavis.edu (Kristina de Korsak) Date: Wed, 23 May 2007 14:04:56 -0700 Subject: French Frog data Message-ID: Hello all, I am currently analyzing my dissertation data on French-English bilingual children. I was wondering if anyone had any idea if there are any Frog story data available for French anywhere. I also would be interested in any French-English bilingual data for children aged 3-6;09 (I am already working on Genesee's files). Would any of you happen to know of any resources/references for either of these? I am particularly interested in overgeneralizations and developmental paths. Best wishes, Kristina de Korsak PhD Candidate in Linguistics and SLAD UC Davis From roeper at linguist.umass.edu Thu May 24 13:14:58 2007 From: roeper at linguist.umass.edu (Tom Roeper) Date: Thu, 24 May 2007 09:14:58 -0400 Subject: Prism of Grammar---Tom Roeper Message-ID: Dear Everyone, My book has just been published: The Prism of Grammar: How Child Language Illuminates Humanism MIT Press May 2007 [Amazon is cheaper] The book is intended for the broad acquisition community, professionals and amateurs, teachers and parents. It has around 60 explorations one can directly pursue with children---many could become real experiments and I would be happy to give more background to anyone interested. They cover topics in recursion, reference, ellipsis, and plurals. The book also addresses several issues in communication disorders, education, African American English, theory of mind, philosophy and ethics in psychology. I would be happy to hear any reactions. What follows is the advertising summary and endorsements from Pinker, Chomsky, Hauser, and Neil Smith. Tom Roeper Endorsements "For three decades, Tom Roeper has been one of the most acute observers of semantic and grammatical subtleties in children?s speech, and one of the most creative thinkers on how to connect linguistic theory with language acquisition research. It is nice to have his insights collected into a book, which will be a source of ideas for years to come." --Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct, Words and Rules, and The Stuff of Thought "This engaging, perceptive, and wide-ranging study investigates individual languages in terms of the challenges they pose for the child as well as their often surprising relations to other languages and to the general principles that constitute the genetically-determined language faculty. It goes on to unravel prejudices and misunderstandings, and to offer a more general conception of how the mind functions and of our place in a community of mutual respect and understanding. Lucid and engaging, The Prism of Grammar leads the reader from striking observations and experiments with children that anyone can carry out to subtle and intricate issues that concern every parent--in fact, anyone seeking to understand who we are and what we should be." --Noam Chomsky, Institute Professor, MIT "For three decades, Tom Roeper has been one of the most acute observers of semantic and grammatical subtleties in children?s speech, and one of the most creative thinkers on how to connect linguistic theory with language acquisition research. It is nice to have his insights collected into a book, which will be a source of ideas for years to come." --Steven Pinker, Johnstone Professor of Psychology, Harvard University, and author of The Language Instinct, Words and Rules, and The Stuff of Thought "It has been said that as children we wrestle with the deepest mysteries of our time--the mind-body problem, the existence of God--but that adulthood's common emphasis on conformity purges this intellectual curiosity. In Tom Roeper's able hands we are treated to a journey back to this period of intense curiosity and mental growth--one characterized by an exuberance of questions and comments, each reflecting intricate computations of the mind. But Roeper goes further and, with great courage and insight, attempts to show how the study of child language illuminates a much broader range of topics, from our capacity for free will to our often unconscious prejudices." --Marc D. Hauser, Harvard College Professor, author of Moral Minds "Tom Roeper has an unmatched flair for identifying simple examples and spelling out both their amazing complexity and the richness of their theoretical implications. In this intriguing, ingenious, idiosyncratic and inspirational book he illustrates the enormity of the child's task in learning the simplest facts, from the meaning of 'it' to the contrast between 'painting a grey house' and 'painting a house grey'. He uses these and a wide variety of other examples to suggest practical activities for parents and researchers to indulge in with children. Most importantly, he emphasizes the educational and ethical consequences of taking child language seriously. This book will influence people's thinking not only on language acquisition but on human dignity and the nature of mind." --Neil Smith, Professor Emeritus of Linguistics, University College London MIT Brochure: Every sentence we hear is instantly analyzed by an inner grammar; just as a prism refracts a beam of light, grammar divides a stream of sound, linking diverse strings of information to different domains of mind--memory, vision, emotions, intentions. In THE PRISM OF GRAMMAR, TOM ROEPER brings the abstract principles behind modern grammar to life by exploring the astonishing intricacies of childlanguage. Adult expressions provide endless puzzles for the child to solve; The individual child?s solutions ("Don't uncomfortable the cat" is one example) may amuse adults but they also reveal the complexity of [adult] language and the challenges of mastering it. The tiniest utterances, says Roeper, reflect the whole mind and engage the child's free will and sense of dignity. He provides numerous novel "explorations"?many at the edge of current work?that anyone can try, even in conversation around the dinner table. THEY elciit how the child confronts ?recursion??the heartbeat of grammar---through endless possessives (John?s mother?s friend?s?car), mysterious plurals (mom and dad are ?husbands and wives? contradictory adjectives (BIG little squares), the marvels of ellipsis (would if I could), and the deep obscurity of reference (there it is, right here). They are not tests of skill; they are tools for discovery and delight, not diagnosis. Hints of German, Italian, and Chinese show up inside English. Each chapter on acquisition begins with a commonsense look at how structures work--moving from the simple to the complex--and then turns to the literary and human dimensions of grammar. One important human dimension is the role of dialect in society and in the lives of children. Roeper devotes three chapters to the structure of African-American English and the challenge of responding to linguistic prejudice. Written in a lively style that is very accessible and gently provocative (what is the point of pointing?) THE PRISM OF GRAMMAR is a book for parents and teachers as well as students--everyone who wants to understand how children gain and use language--and any person interested in the social, philosophical, and ethical implications for how we see the growing mind emerge. From marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net Sun May 27 22:02:15 2007 From: marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net (marie.coppola at sbcglobal.net) Date: Sun, 27 May 2007 15:02:15 -0700 Subject: Yahoo! Auto Response Message-ID: I am away from my email from May 21 - 29. If this is urgent, please contact the Goldin-Meadow lab at the University of Chicago: 773-702-1562. 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However, in these last two cases the words in the subject field were able to slip past the filters. In such cases, I just add additional filters to block these in the future. But new ways of saying "I am on vacation" will inevitably slip past these filters. --Brian MacWhinney From lbedore at mail.utexas.edu Wed May 30 14:22:34 2007 From: lbedore at mail.utexas.edu (Lisa Bedore) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 09:22:34 -0500 Subject: please post Message-ID: Social Science/Humanities Research Associate IV, Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders, University of Texas at Austin The Department of Communication Sciences & Disorders is seeking a Research Associate. The Research Associate will contribute actively to an NICHD-funded project to develop and pilot a test of semantics and morpho-syntax for Spanish-English speaking children ages 6-9. The appointment period is expected to be two years. Responsibilities include subject recruitment, individual testing of children and conducting parent and teacher interviews in Spanish and English, data management, analysis and supervising/mentoring undergraduate and graduate student research assistants. Ph.D. in communication sciences and disorders, developmental psychology, or related field with two years of experience in clinical research or testing of children; or M.A. in the same with four years of experience in clinical research or testing of children is required. Must demonstrate proficiency in Spanish. Appointment to begin Fall 2007. Please apply on-line at: http://www.utexas.edu/hr/empl/index.html Posting number: 07-05-15-01-4006 For more information contact: Elizabeth D. Pe?a, Ph.D., lizp at mail.utexas.edu The University of Texas at Austin is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, citizenship status, Vietnam era or special disabled veteran's status, or sexual orientation. Lisa M. Bedore, Ph.D. Associate Professor Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders The University of Texas at Austin 1 University Station A1100 Austin, Texas 78712 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From P.Fletcher at ucc.ie Wed May 30 16:14:57 2007 From: P.Fletcher at ucc.ie (Fletcher , Paul) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 17:14:57 +0100 Subject: PhD studentship at University College Cork Message-ID: PhD STUDENTSHIP, DEPARTMENT OF SPEECH AND HEARING SCIENCES, UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK, IRELAND Applications are invited for a PhD studentship to work on a project investigating a neurobiological model of language processing. The project will involve electrophysiological and clinical testing of auditory word processing in normal individuals and individuals with aphasia. The underlying research investigates how this model of spoken-word processing can explain differentially disordered language function in individuals with aphasia, thus significantly influencing theories of aphasia therapy and evidence-based practice. In collaboration with Dr Catharine Pettigrew, Dr Geraldine Boylan, Dr Kingshuk Roy Choudhury and Dr Liam Marnane, the project will further develop electrophysiological recording techniques, signal processing, and statistical analysis techniques for investigating automatic auditory event-related potential responses to speech stimuli, in normal and pathological populations. The successful applicant will have - or expect to be awarded shortly - a good undergraduate degree (or Masters) in Speech and Language Therapy, Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology, or Linguistics. S/he will have a strong interest in language disorders, electrophysiology and clinical neurophysiology. Clinical experience and/or experience in electrophysiological testing are desirable. The project is funded by the Research Frontiers Programme of Science Foundation Ireland. The studentship includes an annual salary of EUR24,003 (based on IRCSET recommended figures), including stipend and fees. There is also additional support for conferences and travel. The studentship will commence on September 1st, 2007 and is tenable initially for 18 months, with an additional 18 months dependent upon a successful progress review. Applications by email to Dr Catharine Pettigrew (c.pettigrew at ucc.ie ), who can also be contacted via email or phone (+353-21-4901540) for informal enquiries and further information. Applications must include: * CV, including clear statements regarding the quality of your examination grades and your competence in spoken and written English (if you are not a native speaker); * Covering letter describing your interest in this position; * Names of 3 academic referees, together with the positions they hold and their email and postal addresses. Closing date: Friday 29th June, 2007 ______________________________________ Paul Fletcher, Professor and Head Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences University College Cork Brookfield Health Sciences Complex College Road Cork Ireland. tel. +353 21 490 1537/1570 fax. +353 21 490 1542 -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From kathrin_schrader at gmx.de Wed May 30 16:18:11 2007 From: kathrin_schrader at gmx.de (Kathrin Schrader) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 18:18:11 +0200 Subject: call for papers Message-ID: Please note the following call for papers: The role of phonology in reading acquisition. Workshop at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Deutsche Gesellschaft f?r Sprachwissenschaft (DGfS) Location: Bamberg, Germany Start Date: February 28, 2008 - End Date: February 29, 2008 Organized by: Martina Penke (University of Konstanz) and Kathrin Schrader (University of Cologne) Linguistic Subfields: Psycholinguistics, language acquisition A highly controversial issue in reading research is the role of phonology in visual word identification. Whereas some researchers argue that the decoding of written words by means of grapheme-phoneme-correspondences is an essential requirement for access to the mental lexicon, other researchers posit that words which are familiar, i.e. that have been decoded before, can be associated with their meaning directly on the basis of their stored orthographic form. Although this controversy is important for the issue how reading is taught in primary schools it still remains unsettled. Thus whereas the whole-word approach in reading acquisition was based on the assumption that phonology does not play a crucial role in reading, the now popular phonics approach relies on the teaching of phoneme-grapheme-correspondences. A solution of this underlying controversy is crucial for evaluating and improving the methods applied in reading acquisition. The goal of this workshop is to contribute to this controversy and discuss the issue which rule phonology plays in reading acquisition. We will therefore discuss for example - how reading acquisition proceeds in German speaking children, - which conclusions with respect to the above mentioned controversy can be drawn from reading acquisition data of German children, - how and to what extent German and English children differ with respect to reading acquisition, - how experimental findings may help improving the teaching of reading in German schools. This workshop is intended for researchers working in the areas of visual word recognition and reading acquisition either from an experimental, theoretical or applied perspective. Note, however, that all talks should address the importance of their findings for German reading acquisition. Presentations will be 20 or 40 minutes plus 10 respectively 15 minutes for discussion depending on the number of abstracts accepted. Workshop organizers: Martina Penke, Department of General Linguistics, University of D?sseldorf. Kathrin Schrader, Department of General Linguistics, University of D?sseldorf. Abstract Submission Guidelines: Please submit a one page abstract including the following information: (a) Title of the paper (b) Name of the author(s) (c) Affiliation(s) (d) e-mail address(es) Send your submissions to: penke at phil-fak.uni-duesseldorf.de and / or kathrin.schrader at uni-koeln.de IMPORTANT DATES July 31, 2007: deadline for abstracts end of August: notification of acceptance February 28-29, 2008: workshop in Bamberg -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From cschutze at ucla.edu Thu May 31 06:34:48 2007 From: cschutze at ucla.edu (Carson Schutze) Date: Wed, 30 May 2007 23:34:48 -0700 Subject: Language Acquisition Laboratory Coordinator at UCLA Message-ID: We are looking for a curious, dynamic and organized person to work as full-time Laboratory Coordinator for the new Language Acquisition Laboratory at UCLA Department of Linguistics. Responsibilities include organizing and managing subject recruitment, interacting with parents and children, aiding in designing experiments, testing infants, maintaining data spreadsheets and facilitating undergraduate and graduate research projects. This full-time position with benefits is funded for 3 years; a commitment for at least two years is required.? Salary begins at $36,540 per year, and is commensurate to experience.? UCLA is an equal opportunity employer. The person must have experience working with children between 0 ? 6 years and their parents.? A degree in Linguistics / Psychology or related field, and research experience with infants and language acquisition is highly desirable.? The position offers flexible hours, opportunities for creative, critical, innovative thinking and collaborations with acquisition researchers Nina Hyams, Susie Curtiss, Carson Sch?tze and Megha Sundara (for more details see http://www.linguistics.ucla.edu/people/faculty.htm ). 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